Coptic Orthodox Festival set for the weekend

HAMILTON — Greater Trenton’s Egyptian Christians are holding a Coptic Orthodox Festival this weekend at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church on Nottingham Way.

Organizers urged all to join the party, set for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Take part in all things Egyptian, including King Tut with a visit to Tut’s Bazaar or dress up in ancient pharaoh regalia.

Then there is the food, which Americans with Egyptian friends usually rave about. There will be falafel, kofta, baklava and more.

The event is being sponsored by the The Virgin St. Shenouda & St. Thomas Coptic Orthodox Church, a parish without a church for the time being. St. Greg’s, of the Byzantine Christian rite, rents the Coptic group space at its facilities. The Coptic sect is perhaps the oldest in Christianity, founded by the apostle St. Mark.